Captain Abel Phelps

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Captain Abel Phelps

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Windsor, Hartford , Connecticut, United States
Death: 1779 (73-74)
Norfolk, Litchfield , Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Capt. Joseph Phelps, Sr.; Joseph Phelps and Sarah Phelps
Husband of Jerusha Phelps and Mary Phelps
Father of Abel Phelps; Abel Phelps, I; Joel Phelps; David Phelps; Lieutenant Abel Phelps, II and 6 others
Brother of Sarah Phelps; Mary Griswold; Joseph Phelps; Deacon Daniel Phelps; Capt. Edward Phelps and 5 others

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About Captain Abel Phelps

◦From The Phelps Family of America:

(#166) Capt. Abel Phelps, b. Windsor, Ct., 19 Feb., 1705, m. 1st, Jerusha, about 1730, b. Goshen, Ct., 1706, d. Simsbury, Ct., 1 Jan., 1736. He m. 2nd, probably Mary Pinnuck of Hebron, 6 July, 1737.
Capt. Phelps served in the French war, where he received his military title. He resided in Simsbury, Ct., for a time, and also in Goshen, Ct., where he was a large real estate owner. He also appears to have resided in Norfolk, Ct., where he was selectman in 1755. He died either in Goshen or Norfolk, Ct. 
Children by 1st wife, b. Simsbury, Ct. 
i. Abel, b. 8 March, 1732, d. 10 Feb., 1736. 
ii. Joel, b. 3 Dec, 1733. (Note — It is possible that this Joel is 1st child of Lieut. Samuel.) 
iii. David, b. 8 July, 1735, m. Triphena Phelps. 
Children by 2nd wife, Mary : 
iv. Abel, b. 5 July, 1739, m Lucy Beardsley. 
v. Molly, or Mary, b. 5 Nov., 1740, m. Samuel Francis, in Goshen, Ct , about 1760 
vi. Elkanah, b. 3 Feb., 1742-3, m. Abigail Phelps. 
vii. Jerusha, b. 28 June, 1745, m. Capt. Mathew Phelps. 
viii. Elijah, b. 13 June, 1748, m. Phebe Norton.
ix. Joseph, b. 7 Dec, 1751, m. Huldah Wilcox. [2]


https://archive.org/stream/phelpsfamilyofam01phel#page/142/mode/2up Phelps Family, Vol. I, pp142, Ancestor No. 166

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Captain Abel Phelps's Timeline

1705
February 19, 1705
Windsor, Hartford , Connecticut, United States
1731
1731
1732
March 8, 1732
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
1733
December 3, 1733
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
1735
July 8, 1735
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
1739
July 5, 1739
Simsbury, Hartford County, Province of Connecticut, British Crown Colony
1740
November 5, 1740
Goshen, Litchfield County, Province of Connecticut, British Crown Colony
1741
1741
Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States